I would argue at this point that Rhythm Heaven's best option for a character is a Rhythm Monkey, considering that monkeys are pretty much the most prominent characters in the series, and the 3DS Mii Plaza even has a Rhythm Monkey hat as compared to say, a Karate Joe hat, a Samurai Steve hat, a Wrestler hat, etc.

It could even be the monkey NAMED Monkey from Rhythm Heaven Fever, who coaches players on the overall method to playing the game through the first stage, Hole in One and appears in other renditions of that stage (Hole in One 2, Remix 1, Remix 9, etc.) as well as the Tambourine stage as the tambourine monkey in every rendition except for Remix 2.

And if he's too small and "weak", then have him hitch a ride on Mandrill's back (he's a mandrill from Hole in One as well and is Monkey's friend and assistant coach) and have him coach Mandrill and give him cues for what to do as Mandrill "fights" by actions within the games (such as playing the tambourine, giving high-fives, hitting golf balls Monkey tosses, tossing fastballs as he does in-game, etc.).In fact, while I've scrapped a lot of moveset ideas I planned on making, I AM working on a moveset for Monkey & Mandrill from ideas that popped into my head.

I would argue at this point that Rhythm Heaven's best option for a character is a Rhythm Monkey, considering that monkeys are pretty much the most prominent characters in the series, and the 3DS Mii Plaza even has a Rhythm Monkey hat as compared to say, a Karate Joe hat, a Samurai Steve hat, a Wrestler hat, etc.

It could even be the monkey NAMED Monkey from Rhythm Heaven Fever, who coaches players on the overall method to playing the game through the first stage, Hole in One and appears in other renditions of that stage (Hole in One 2, Remix 1, Remix 9, etc.) as well as the Tambourine stage as the tambourine monkey in every rendition except for Remix 2.

And if he's too small and "weak", then have him hitch a ride on Mandrill's back (he's a mandrill from Hole in One as well and is Monkey's friend and assistant coach) and have him coach Mandrill and give him cues for what to do as Mandrill "fights" by actions within the games (such as playing the tambourine, giving high-fives, hitting golf balls Monkey tosses, tossing fastballs as he does in-game, etc.).In fact, while I've scrapped a lot of moveset ideas I planned on making, I AM working on a moveset for Monkey & Mandrill from ideas that popped into my head.

Oh cool. I guess Monkey would be able to utilize a moveset that would represent Rhythm Heaven more than Karate Joe would have. I'll probably play with that concept more in my head.

ReXos wrote:

shantae yes yes yes

With Shantae there was a conflict between PC Gaming and Indies.Indies ultimately won and then conflict was between Quote and Shantae.I figured Shantae would have been better because she's got a longer history with Nintendo and she'd make a great femthird-party character.

Furry Heihachi wrote:

Dillon has all of my want.

I would have personally kicked out Karate Joe for Mallo though IMO.

In my imaginary crusade stage roster, there is a Pushmo / Pullblox stage with Mallo messing with the playing field. But I'd add him to the "Cute" after Chibi-Robo.